Al Qiyamat

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon becomes dark,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking to their Lord.

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?